A phone line and website for Colorado's Division of Motor Vehicles remained jammed Wednesday as thousands of immigrants in the country illegally or with temporary status flooded officials with requests for appointments next month to apply for a driver's license.

Colorado will start to issue the new license for noncitizens in August at five of the state's DMV offices.

On Tuesday, the first day appointments were being scheduled, the DMV made 823 appointments, taking about 100 calls per hour, according to numbers the division released Wednesday.

Officials have been preparing for more than a year to roll out the new licenses after the legislature passed a bill allowing driver's licenses to be issued to immigrants without a Social Security number but who can prove they have filed taxes with a federal identification number and who have lived in the state of Colorado for at least a year.

DMV officials said they are planning to schedule 155 appointments per day across the state. According to those estimates, it would take more than one year for the estimated 46,000 people to get an appointment.

Those who are getting a license for the first time or who had licenses expire more than a year ago will need to pass a test and apply first for a driving permit.

The license — which will be marked to note they are not valid forms of identification for voting or applying for public benefits — will expire every three years.

DMV officials have not responded to a request for an interview, but a spokeswoman responding to a question about whether there are plans to expand the service to other locations said: "Currently the plan is to roll out this program in five driver's license offices."

On Tuesday, the DMV said its website received 60,000 hits in less than an hour on the first day.

The DMV phone line was overwhelmed, resulting in one ring and a message stating that, "due to high call volume, we are unable to take your call." The call would then disconnect.